Catalina Laverde

Catalina Laverde is an accomplished technology leader currently serving as the Director of Engineering at Headspace since November 2024. Previously, Catalina held the position of Senior Engineering Manager at Spotify from February 2014 to November 2024, where leadership was demonstrated over a multi-disciplinary and distributed team of 60, focusing on key features of the Spotify mobile app. Catalina's career at Spotify began in 2013 as a Software Engineer, with subsequent roles progressing to Staff Software Engineer and Engineering Manager. Academic credentials include an Executive Master of Science in Technology Management from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Rutgers University, complemented by an Associate of Science in Computer Science from Bergen Community College.